Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Michael Lorenzen (21) hits a pinch-hit grand slam in the seventh inning during a National League baseball between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Cincinnati Reds, Saturday, June 30, 2018, at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. (Photo: Kareem Elgazzar)

Cincinnati Reds pitcher Michael Lorenzen should get more at-bats based on his success at the plate, Chris Rose and Kevin Millar of MLB Network's Intentional Talk agreed Monday, with Rose adding that he finds a TV and turns on the Reds game if he hears that Lorenzen is batting.

Rose and Millar on Lorenzen:

Rose: Michael Lorenzen - are you kidding me? - the Reds reliever who will be part of our podcast this week on Intentional Talk: Caught Listening ... in his last three plate appearances, he has gone deep three times including a grand slam against the Brewers. Should Michael Lorenzen, who is a former two-way player at Cal State Fullerton, get more ABs?

Millar: 150 percent! When you've got a pitcher that seriously hit at Cal State Fullerton - hit in college, who's an athlete, who played center field - this isn't fake! Sometimes there's fake pitchers that can hit because they get a fastball - they're big and strong - they click it. When you've got hitter instincts, and a nice swing like this - as a right-handed swing, this is pretty sweet! And you're talking about a guy who doesn't get enough at-bats and enough swings but works on his craft and loves his craft, so I'm gonna say yeah. Why not? Why not be that threat off the bench when you need that pop, a bloop and a blast. Hello Mike, come over here!

Rose: I don't think there's any question about it. And we talked to him - I think the new podcast will come out tomorrow - we asked him whether or not he was like a better version of Shohei Ohtani these days. So we talked to him about whether or not he wants to participate in the Home Run Derby - stuff like that. He's got a real good personality. He's a real likable guy. And I want to see him in the batter's box as much as possible. If I got an alert on my phone that Michael Lorenzen is getting ready to hit, I will go find the Reds game and go put it on. That's how interested I am. So there you go.

Lorenzen hit a pinch-hit grand slam for the Reds in Saturday's 12-3 win against the Milwaukee Brewers, the first by a Major League Baseball pitcher since Tommy Byrne of the Chicago White Sox hit one on May 16, 1953, and Lorenzen's third home run in his past three plate appearances.